Process Control Engineer

Cindavi; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 PTO days

11 paid holidays

Accrued time-off bank

Job summary

Cindavi is seeking a Process Control Network Engineer to own the technology backbone of our manufacturing operations in McIntyre, Georgia. This hands-on, highly visible role offers autonomy, technical challenges, and a direct link between your work and plant performance, with a full-time, on-site schedule.

You will manage domain controllers, switches, and connections for process-control devices; support SCADA/HMI environments; improve reliability, cybersecurity, backups, and disaster recovery;

Qualifications

• 3+ years in industrial IT infrastructure, servers, or cybersecurity.
• Hands-on AD and server administration experience.
• Strong independent troubleshooting and ownership of systems.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience with SCADA/HMI/PLCs is valuable but not required across every platform.

Responsibilities

• Administer domain controllers, AD, and servers supporting plant operations.
• Manage switches, VLANs, and network connections for process control.
• Troubleshoot outages, historian issues, and data collection interruptions.
• Support SCADA, HMI, historians, PLCs, and industrial communications.
• Improve reliability, cybersecurity, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with Engineering, IT, Maintenance, Instrumentation, Operations, and site leadership to solve plant problems.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Industrial networking

Domain administration

Cybersecurity basics

Education

Bachelor's in IT or related field

Tools

SCADA

HMI

Rockwell

Wonderware

Virtualization

Job description

Ready to take ownership of the IT infrastructure behind a modern manufacturing operation?

Position Summary

We are hiring a Process Control Network Engineer to own and strengthen the technology backbone supporting our manufacturing operations in McIntyre, Georgia. This is a hands‑on, highly visible opportunity for an industrial IT professional who wants autonomy, meaningful technical challenges, and a direct connection between their work and plant performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer Microsoft domain controllers, Active Directory, user permissions, licensing, and the servers supporting plant operations.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot managed switches, VLANs, network connections, and communications between process‑control devices and business systems.
• Diagnose server outages, communication failures, historian issues, broken tags, and data‑collection interruptions that affect production visibility.
• Support SCADA, HMI, historian, PLC, operator‑station, and industrial communication environments while partnering with controls specialists on plant‑specific applications.
• Improve system reliability, cybersecurity, backups, disaster recovery, documentation, and network architecture.
• Collaborate directly with Engineering, IT, Maintenance, Instrumentation, Operations, and site leadership to solve critical plant‑floor problems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of strong IT infrastructure, server, networking, or cybersecurity experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment, with five or more years preferred.
• Hands‑on experience administering Microsoft domains, Active Directory, servers, managed switches, and VLANs.
• The ability to troubleshoot independently, prioritize competing needs, and take ownership of systems that support continuous plant operations.
• Bachelor's degree in an IT or related technical field is preferred, although equivalent experience will be considered.
• Experience with SCADA, HMI, historians, PLCs, Wonderware, Aspen, Rockwell, virtualization, or OT cybersecurity is valuable but not required across every platform.

This is a full‑time, onsite day‑shift role offering a $125,000 to $140,000 base salary, eligibility for a management incentive plan, 14 PTO days, 11 paid holidays, and an additional accrued time‑off bank. Occasional after‑hours support may be needed, but call‑ins are uncommon.